12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build

racerjoe said
It took forever for me to find an "off the shelf" wheel that I liked and had the sizes and backspacing that would work. Unfortunately this made me use an 8" wheel for the front instead of the 9". Having the fronts widened isn't ideal. I believe the cost is somewhere around $200/ea. Not cheap, but cheaper than buying 4 new wheels. There are some tuner style wheels out there that would have worked, but they didn't provide the look I was going for. XXR had a wheel I liked, but it has a double drilled bolt pattern. I don't care for that. 3030 Autosport has some decent looking wheels that were around $600-750 when they first came out. This is a good price for a forged wheel with custom backspacing. I just looked and their pricing has gone up. I'd imagine they will get to Forgeline prices once they become more popular.

That's kind of where I am at, struggling to find an off the shelf wheel that works.

The XXR 530D mentioned above actually might work, there is a 35mm offset option but the low offset is 20mm instead of 24mm. Not sure 3/16" is anything to worry about though. And I like the XXR 575 in phantom black, too and it has a 35mm and 25mm option. Plus they all look to be about $200 each.

I am further complicating things for myself with the struggle to decide if I want a 275 up front which forces a new rear axle (if I want 4 wheels all the same) or keep the rear axle width I have and settle for a 245 front tire.

When I do my 5.7/T56 swap, I expect to at least re-gear my rear axle anyway. And since it is currently just an F-Body 8.25" I kind of planned to move up to an 8.75" at least. Buddy just finished a Dana swap on his BB Dart and it looks killer under there. Either way, going wider since I might already be upgrading the axle might not be the end of the world.